Susie MartinezWhat 9/11 Taught Me About Geography and MemoryWhen our 3rd grade teacher wheeled a TV into our classroom, she reminded us that the Bronx was far from Manhattan. In the time it had taken…Sep 11, 2016Sep 11, 2016
Susie MartinezNew York, August CountyO, stranger things have happened tonight — The rustling of feathers, relics of a more pleasant morning, & this crevice fit a silence…Aug 10, 2016Aug 10, 2016
Susie MartinezThe Little Souvenir Shop and other notes on gentrificationThere’s a little souvenir shop on 161st Street that Mami and I would frequent when I was younger. The window is lined with Yankee-branded…Jul 17, 2016Jul 17, 2016
Susie MartinezOn Northern racism and homeAnd they had scarcely moved in, naturally, before they began smashing windows, defacing walls, urinating in the elevators, and fornicating…Jun 26, 2016Jun 26, 2016
Susie Martinez“Write what has grown in place of his mouth:”Weeds. Clumps of them hang, a curtain, from the ridges of the roof down to the gummy, slimy floor. They are brittle — yellowing with the…May 4, 2016May 4, 2016
Susie MartinezWatching the news with mami“Ay que seguir viviendo la vida pero en alerta” — un noticiero a las once de la nocheNov 24, 2015Nov 24, 2015
Susie Martinezin memoryI will hold my moment of silence, the same I’ve been holding, sinceSep 13, 2015Sep 13, 2015
Susie MartinezThe First DayPipsqueaks flocked in single file— sky blues and navy, docked up against cold rods and beads of sweat clinging onto the under -sides of…Sep 9, 2015Sep 9, 2015
Susie MartinezThe Problem With Reducing Anti-Immigrant Sentiment to Donald TrumpLast night, my mom burst into my room and exclaimed, “¿Escuchaste lo que el Trump hizo a Jorge Ramos?” I shook my head, and did a quick…Aug 27, 2015Aug 27, 2015